Moore's mother, Shronda Burns, said her son wasn't involved in the attack on Temple.

"My son ain't going to shoot no gun," Burns said. "Now, I'm not saying that he wouldn't rob nobody, but I know he won't shoot no gun."

Burns said her son is well known in south Jackson.

"Every police (officer) up in there knows him," Burns said. "My son is known for house burglary. That's all his charges when he was going to the detention center was house burglary."

Jones and Moore are also being held without bond. All three teenagers made initial court appearances Wednesday.

Dukes, Jones and Moore are also being investigated as suspects in a recent string of armed carjackings, as well as armed robbery and assault, police said.

Jones and Moore have been charged with armed carjacking after being identified while allegedly driving a carjacked 2011 KIA Sorrento. Dukes is also being charged in an armed robbery of an Atmos Energy employee last Thursday.

Dukes and Jones were out on bond in connection with a March 28, 2014, armed robbery. Both have been indicted on this charge and are awaiting trial.

The three are also being investigated in a carjacking Monday afternoon on Woodside Drive, carjackings Monday night on Raymond Road and Keele Street, a carjacking Tuesday morning on Old Canton Road, an armed robbery Tuesday morning at the Mayfield Oil Convenience Story on Highway 49 in Yazoo City, an attempted carjacking Tuesday morning on Noble Drive, a shooting Tuesday morning near Regions Bank on North State Street and another carjacking Tuesday morning on Bellevue Place, police said.